Terry Gross

Last year in Philadelphia, in a well publicized match, Kasparov beat IBM's Deep Blue, which was considered the most competitve chess computer to date. He is currently in the midst of another match with a more powerful Deep Blue. (REBROADCAST from 11/26/96)

Krakauer was with the group of climbers who were climbing Mt. Everest May 10-11,1996 when a storm hit. Eight climbers were killed. Krakauer was covering the climb for Outside Magazine. Terry talked with him last year right after he returned home from the climb. Later, she calls him to see how he's doing a year later. Krakauer now has a book about the climb, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster."

Carlin has written a new book "Brain Droppings" which is published by Hyperion. In this archival interview, he talks about his famous "seven dirty words' routine. (REBROADCAST from 6/1/90)

Leno is celebrating his 5th anniversary as host of The Tonight Show. In this archive interview, he talks with Terry about his life: growing up, his struggling years as a stand-up,taking over The Tonight Show, and his book "Leading with my Chin." (REBROADCAST from 10/21/96)

The comedian is enjoying box office success with his new film "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery," which he wrote, co-produced, and plays the title role. Myers began his career at Second City in Toronto and gained fame in the U.S. as a member of Saturday Night Live, where he created the characters and sketches for "Wayne's World" and "Sprockets." He made the transition from television to films when "Wayne's World" was adapted into a motion picture. (REBROADCAST from 5/1/90)

The Harvard Law School professor's new book examines race and the criminal justice system, "Race, Crime, and the Law." In his research, Kennedy, finds that African-Americans have suffered more from being "left unprotected by law enforcement authorities than from being mistreated as suspects or defendants."

Historian James McPherson is a Professor of American History at Princeton University. He's written eleven books about the Civil War, including his Pulitzer Prize winning book, "Battle Cry of Freedom." His latest book is "For Cause & Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War" (Oxford University Press). Drawing on 25,000 letters and 250 private diaries, McPherson looks at why so many soldiers willingly risked their lives to fight in the war.

Peter Balakian is Professor of English at Colgate University, and the author of a new memoir "Black Dog of Fate: An American Son Uncovers His Armenian Past. He grew up in an affluent New Jersey suburb, unaware of the tragedy that was part of his family's past: the genocide of a million Armenians in 1915 by the Ottoman Turkish government. He started to learn about the past when he discovered the document of his grandmother's human rights suit against the Turkish government, and the lost memoir of his great uncle, a bishop in the Armenian church.

Composer Alf Clausen is the man behind the music of "The Simpsons." There's a new compliation CD of music from the animated cartoon TV series, "The Simpsons: Songs in the Key of Springfield" (Rhino).

Lead prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, Marcia Clark. She has since stepped down as Prosecutor in the Office of the Los Angeles District Attorney. She has a new memoir about the trial and her experiences: "Without a Doubt" (Viking).